Ma urges Manila to allow joint probe

ONE-SIDED:The president told officials to continue negotiating with the Philippines on a probe into the shooting incident after a team sent to Manila made little progress

By Mo Yan-chih
and Rich Chang / Staff reporters, with CNA

Reading a prepared statement, Chen said that Philippine Representative to Taiwan Antonio Basilio had expressed Manila’s willingness to conduct a joint investigation into the incident and that Taiwan had made requests for mutual judicial assistance to the Philippines before the team had departed for Manila.